The Friends of Moraine Hills State Park

Mammals

Checklist	Common Name	Scientific Name	Occurrence
	Opossum	Didelphis virginiana	Common, occasionally sighted
	Masked Shrew	Sorex cinereus	Common, occasionally sighted
	Pygmy Shrew	Sorex hoyi	Suspected at Volo Bog
	Northern Short-tailed Shrew	Blarina brevicauda	Common, occasionally sighted, venomous bite
	Least Shrew	Cryptotis parva	Suspected at Volo Bog
	Little Brown Bat	Myotis lucifugus	Common (Attend a bat presentation!)
	Silver-haired Bat	Lasionycteris noctivagans	Suspected at Volo Bog
	Big Brown Bat	Eptesicus fuscus	Common, occasionally identified
	Red Bat	Lasiurus borealis	Present at Volo Bog, especially as a migrant
	Hoary Bat	Lasiurus cinereus	Suspected at Volo Bog
	Evening Bat	Nycticeius humeralis	Suspected at Volo Bog
	Eastern Cottontail	Sylvilagus floridanus	Common, frequently sighted
	Eastern Chipmunk	Tamias striatus	Common, frequently sighted
	Ground Hog (Woodchuck)	Marmota monax	Common, occasionally sighted
	Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel	Spermophilus tridecimlineatus	Common, occasionally sighted
	Gray Squirrel	Sciurus carolinensis	Common, usually sighted in woods
	Fox Squirrel	Sciurus niger	Common, found in more open woods
	Southern Flying Squirrel	Glaucomys volans	Present at Volo Bog in forests- Seldom seen
	Beaver	Castor canadensis	Few on site, hard to spot the animal, but easy to find dams, cut trees, and tracks.
	Deer Mouse	Peromyscus maniculatus	Common, occasionally sighted
	White-footed Mouse	Peromyscus leucopus	Common, occasionally sighted
	Meadow Vole	Microtus pennsylvanicus	Common, occasionally sighted
	Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus	Common, prone to population die offs occasionally, but reasonably easy to sight most years
	Meadow Jumping Mouse	Zapus hudsonius	Uncommon, rarely sighted
	Red Fox	Vulpes vulpes	Present, rarely sighted
	Gray Fox	Urocyon cineroargenteus	Suspected at Volo Bog
	Coyote	Canis latrans	Common, tracks and scat are abundant on trails, heard at night, rarely sighted
	Least Weasel	Mustela nivalis	Uncommon, rarely sighted
	Long-tailed Weasel	Mustela frenat	Uncommon, rarely sighted
	Mink	Mutela vison	Uncommon, rarely sighted, by water
	Raccoon	Procyon lotor	Common, occasionally sighted, tracks are common
	Striped Skunk	Mephitis mephitis	Present, rarely sighted
	White-tailed Deer	Odocoileus virginianus	Common, tracks very common, occasionally sighted

List from Randy Schieteltz

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